Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. German reports say the group of far-right and ex-military figures planned to storm the parliament building, the Reichstag, and seize power.

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At least 25 arrested in Germany for planning coup

Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states against adherents of the so-called Reich Citizens movement. Some members of the grouping reject Germany's postwar constitution and have called for the overthrow of the government.

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Germany: 25 arrested on suspicion of planning armed coup

A far-right group is suspected of planning to storm parliament and install an aristocrat as leader.

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Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup

Raids targeted alleged members of the "Citizens of the Reich" (Reichsbuerger) movement suspected of "having made concrete preparations to violently force their way into the German parliament with a small armed group"

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Germany busts far-right cell plotting to ‘overthrow state’

Explained: They refuse to acknowledge Germany's post-war Federal Republic, and think the current set up is under the control of the Western powers

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Mukesh Ambani

The World War II Fantasy Land of Reichsbürger Movement, That Planned to Overthrow Germany's Govt

Plotters allegedly planned to storm the Reichstag and seize power

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German police arrest far-right extremists and foil ‘plot to overthrow state’

At least 25 people have been arrested for planning a violent coup. Paul Workman has the latest on the threat to German democracy.

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Thousands of police carried out a series of raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup.

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German police make mass arrests, allege domestic extremists planned parliament attack

BERLIN (AP) — German police rounded up dozens of people including a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a former judge Wednesday, accusing the suspects of discussing the violent overthrow of the government but leaving unclear how concrete the plans were. 

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Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests

Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state to install as national leader a prince who had sought backing from Russia.

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Germany foils far-right plot to install Prince Heinrich XIII in coup

A 71-year-old man, who goes by the nickname Heinrich XIII, is thought to be central to the plans of the right-wing German extremist group, which calls itself the Reich Citizens movement

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Major plot to overthrow German government led by 'Prince Heinrich XIII' exposed

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Germany arrests 25 over alleged far-right coup plot

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